Reunion on Facebook

JT was right. Everybody is on Facebook. Make sure anybody you know who is not on there gets in.

Reunion?

I had a dream last night about some of you. We had a mini-reunion with a dozen of us, maybe. It was Halloween in Virginia City, or New Orleans--you know how dreams are. The two Cory's were riding in the back seat of an old Jeep Cherokee I was driving but it had really weird controls, so I didn't know how to drive it. Kind of embarrassing. We ate at a southern cooking buffet after we were given charge of a baby that was birthed by a zombie. We were on a yacht or something that went through some barges that became a roller coaster into a winter wonderland city.

So all that sounds like fun. Are we having a reunion, and who is going to put it together? This is the time to start planning. This year I am starting an annual theatrical production for the end of July. If I am going to make the trip to Nevada, I would like to get in as much as possible. My husband would be really motivated to come if it was either during Hot August Nights or the Reno Air Races. I know that makes accommodations difficult, but surely there's an old classmate who would be willing to put up me and my 8 kids *maniacal laughter*. Don't worry, my family is still there. Besides, with 28 of us Whitellians, how many hotel rooms could we take up?

That's my input. I am willing to help with some planning. No zombies or roller coaster yachts, I promise.

Are You Watching?

I love the Olympics. They did a segment on China's involvement with the '88 LA Olympics last night, and I thought of how well I remembered that. We were almost sophomores. The opening ceremonies were so over the top. That was the first time the set up a wild torch-lighting contraption that has had to be outdone ever since.

I missed a lot of the opening ceremony this year, but what I saw was certainly spectacular. If you haven't seen the Men's Relay repalys right now, you must be in Guam. What a stinkin' lot of fun that was to watch! Whenever I watch swimming, I think of Tarn and Suzanne because they are the only people I personally know who have done competitive swimming. Of course I shouldn't even be watching any of it. I close on a new house in two days with lots of cleaning and packing to do, and my 7 month old twins are trying to crawl off my bed next to me--except when they are busy giggling at each other.

What is your favorite Olympic memory?

Big Day

I am turning 36 today. Since I was one of the youngest in the class, I expect that most of you have already reached that milestone. I don't think too much about the passage of time as it relates to my age, but my face is really starting to show it. I remember when my mom was this age, because it is the age she was when I first met most of you. I have a son that is going to be a Freshman this year.

I look at myself and I see my mother's forehead, but my husband complains about me having "outdated" bangs--Hello! at least I don't try to make them stand straight up anymore. Unlike my mom at this age, I fortunately don't have grey hairs, but how noticeable would that be in strawberry blonde hair?

I don't have a problem with getting old, it's just the fact that I am certainly no longer what I remember myself as when I knew all of you so well--young.

Maybe I have lost some stupidity in the process. Maybe I am less naive (but not much). I think I'm finally an adult.

Thom Sabol

Two jobs you've had since high school
1. Gaming Guy (jack of all trades for various location casinos)
2. Pizza delivery (while in college)

Your top 2 accomplishments since 1990
1. Marrying and staying married to my high school sweetheart (16 years this July)
2. Having two wonderful boys that I have the privilege of raising full time

Your 2 favorite memories of high school
1. Speech and debate trips
2. Dating

Your 2 favorite teachers
1. Howard Bennett
2. Miss Spencer

Top 2 classmates you have kept contact with.
1. Chris
2. Janika

Two things you've done since HS that you never wanted to do.
1. Become a grown-up
2. Unspoken

Two things you've done since HS that you always wanted to do.
1. Travel
2. Learning to play the guitar (somewhat)

Two places you have lived
1. Guam (right now)
2. Gig Harbor, Wa (didn’t like that after 3 ½ yrs)

Favorite 2 vacations since HS.
1. Spain (went to the Alhambra)
2. Mexico (went to Chichen Itza)

Two people you would most like to get in touch with again
1. Jennifer Bowman
2. Bryan Bowers

David Militante

Tell us:

Two jobs you've had since high school
1. Software Developer
2. Construction Labor (Actually Destruction)

Your top 2 accomplishments since 1990
1। Learned to live a life of meaning.
2 Seen a bristlecone pine tree

Your 2 favorite memories of high school
1. Cooking Class
2. Getting Lundergreen Coffee.

Your 2 favorite teachers
1. Susan Spenser
2. Mr. Lundergreen

Top 2 classmates you have kept contact with.
1. Mark Simmons (until a few years ago)
2. Rick Harrison. (Myspace)

Two things you've done since HS that you never wanted to do.
1. Burry both Parents.
2. Learned what debt is.

Two things you've done since HS that you always wanted to do.
1. Found a perfect moment filled with meaning.
2. Seen a Bristle Cone Pine Tree.

Two places you have lived
1. Stateline
2. Gardnerville. (yuk)

Favorite 2 vacations since HS.
1. I spend half that time on vacation.
2. A little place I know about an hour away and no one else does.

Two people you would most like to get in touch with again
1. Gary Hegarty
2. Cory Stanfield

John Thompson

Two jobs you've had since high school
1.Neuroscience lab Technician
2.Residential builder

Your top 2 accomplishments since 1990
1.My wife and I built our own house
2.Got my parents to move to Oregon

Your 2 favorite memories of high school
1.State golf trips
2.Tooling around in Suzy's blue Toyota

Your 2 favorite teachers
1.Linda Tillson
2.Mr. Brandt

Top 2 classmates you have kept contact with.
1.Suzy Miller
2.Janika (Lay) Skembo

Two things you've done since HS that you never wanted to do.
1.Missed a Motley Crue show
2.Owned a Ford (wife inheritted a 1963 Ford Ranchero)

Two things you've done since HS that you always wanted to do.
1.Toured the Porsche factory
2.Gotten a pet

Two places you have lived
1.Heaven-on-earth (Eugene, OR)
2.Nevada

Favorite 2 vacations since HS.
1.Europe-last year
2.Omaha-last week

Two people you would most like to get in touch with again
1. Terry Hannaway
2. Brett Sharp

Janika

Two jobs you've had since high school
1. Dance teacher
2. Cosmetologist

Your top 2 accomplishments since 1990
1. Giving birth to twins after age 35
2. Owning my own dance studio

Your 2 favorite memories of high school
1. Speech and Debate trips
2. Allstate Choir in Vegas 1989

Your 2 favorite teachers
1. Mrs. Atherton
2. Mr. Lay--he is my dad, after all.

Top 2 classmates you have kept contact with.
1. Thom Sabol
2. John Thompson

Two things you've done since HS that you never wanted to do.
1. Got divorced
2. Lived in a Mobile home.

Two things you've done since HS that you always wanted to do.
1. Be a mom
2. Teach dance

Two places you have lived
1. San Antonio, Texas
2. West Point Military Academy

Favorite 2 vacations since HS.
1. Cruise to Belize, Panama and Costa Rica
2. Anywhere with family

Two people you would most like to get in touch with again
1. Judith Woltman
2. Maria Gamus

Christian Howarth

Two jobs you've had since high school
1. NDOP Correctional Officer K-9 handler
2. USPS Letter Carrier

Your top 2 accomplishments since 1990
1. Divorced twice with NO KIDS!
2. I'm still alive.

Your 2 favorite memories of high school
1. Graduating
2. Leaving early

Your 2 favorite teachers
1. Howard Bennett
2. Linda Tillson

Top 2 classmates you have kept contact with.
1. Thomas Sabol
2. John Thompson (I ran into him once)

Two things you've done since HS that you never wanted to do.
1. Get shot
2. Drove a Volvo

Two things you've done since HS that you always wanted to do.
1. Go big game fishing in Mexico
2. Moved back home to Oregon

Two places you have lived
1. California (OC)
2. Oregon (1st the Coast-now hippyville USA Eugene)

Favorite 2 vacations since HS.
1.La Paz Mexico
2.Vancouver BC

Two people you would most like to get in touch with again
1. Gary Hegarty
2. Jennifer Bowman

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Welcome

It is only 2 years before our 20 year reunion. Are we going to have one? Let's start one here, shall we?

This project is the brainchild of John Thompson with Janika Lay Skembo, co-executor. Our mission is to bring us together with shared memories and new experiences. We hope everyone will post entries and comments. Use gwhittell@gmail.com to notify us of your contact information without making it public access. This could also be a good place to share reunion ideas and execute planning. Please become involved. The more posts we have and the more comments we have, the easier it will be for the search engines to find us so that our long lost classmates can find us--even those who stubbornly refuse to get on Classmates.com ;)

Start posting with a summary of the past 18 years--or whatever you want if you are rebellious. This should be fun!

Morning, Janika

We are off to a fresh start.
John